Improvement in wood-bending machines



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN WOOD-BENDING MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,0 l 2, dated April 17, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GoNDIT PRUDDEN, of Philadelphia, in the county ot' Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew and Improved Method of Molding, Bending, or Shaping Saddle-Tree Bars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Tae nature of my invention is in the constr ation. form, and use of an original bar- Inl -I with iron clamps to hold the strips otl Wood intended for saddle-tree bars irmly in their place upon the bar-mold until they are sufficiently molded or bent.

To enable others skilled in the art to make use ot my invention, I Will proceed to describe its construction and use.

T. construct a mold, of iron or other metal or any hard material, of the form as shown at M, with the faces F andfat an angle of about thirty degrees, with grooves, as at G, to allow free access of air to aid in drying.

C C represent the iron clamps to fasten the strips for saddle-tree bars upon the mold.

B represents the usual shape of a strip of board before being bent or molded into a saddle-tree bar.

I take two strips or pieces of board, B B, after theyhave been well steamed, and place one on each side ot' the bar-mold M, then press the ends together and fasten them closely by means ot the clamps C C, in manner as represented at Figure A, leaving them in this manner until Well dried, and when removed they are saddle-tree bars ot' the form desired.

What I claim as my invention is So constructing the former (the bar-mold M) that two pieces, B, can be bentin the proper shape at the same time upon opposite sides of the former and heldin contact by the clamps, substantially as described. p

C. PRUDDEN.

Witnesses:

VI. NEWTON PEIRCE, M. SLOANAKER. 

